JURIST
MARCH 1, 2022
Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer and University of Pittsburgh LLM graduate Yaroslav Pavliuk reports. The full-scale Russian military aggression against Ukraine is being increasingly compared to Hitler’s invasion.
CourtTechBulletin
MARCH 1, 2022
© 2007 Larry D. Moore. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 [link] A couple of weeks back we learned that retired Texas District Court Judge James Mehaffy, Jr. had passed away. I had the honor of knowing and working with the Judge and visiting his court in Beaumont, Texas. In the early 1990’s the NCSC had both the Court Technology Laboratory and Courtroom 21 projects running in Williamsburg.
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JURIST
MARCH 1, 2022
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced Monday that he would open an investigation into the situation in Ukraine. In light of Ukraine’s acceptance of the ICC’s jurisdiction on an open-ended basis to address alleged crimes committed in its territory since 2014, Khan said the ICC could choose to exercise jurisdiction despite Ukraine not being a State Party to the Rome Statute.
ABA Journal
MARCH 1, 2022
Several major law firms are dropping some Russian clients and reviewing Russian-related work to comply with sanctions imposed in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
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JURIST
MARCH 1, 2022
The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear Haaland v. Brackeen, a case dealing with challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The appeal will include arguments from four consolidated cases. Though the suits were originally brought by different parties, all take issue with the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law was passed in 1978 in an effort to protect the interests of Indian children and promote stability and security within Indian tribes and families.
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JURIST
MARCH 1, 2022
Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, Monday voted unanimously to allow Latvian citizens to volunteer for military service in Ukraine. The vote comes in the midst of the military conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The vote concerned amendments to Latvia’s National Security Law. Traditionally, the National Security Law prohibits Latvian citizens from serving in foreign or outside territory armed services.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 1, 2022
We’ve all seen the terrifying Zoom fails of pantslessness, live-feed bathroom trips, and unmuted fetid rants about the host. We’re not those people. We’d never show up naked or allow our untethered howling spawn to step into the frame. We’re professionals here. But even professionals make mistakes. While you are strictly a pants-on Zoomer, holding the audience’s attention during a presentation is a toughly competitive business.
The Crime Report
MARCH 1, 2022
Preparing for possible demonstrations and disruptions ahead of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, the Capitol complex has been encircled with temporary fencing installed after the Jan. 6 insurrection, the D.C. National Guard has been called upon for assistance, along with hundreds of police officers from New York City and Philadelphia, to support federal and local authorities, and the Secret Service, reports the Washington Post.
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“Redistricting put Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court where it doesn’t want to be: the political spotlight; Picking a new high-stakes congressional map injected the Pennsylvania Supreme Court into partisan politics; It wasn’t the first time — and probably won’t be the last.” Andrew Seidman and Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
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The Crime Report
MARCH 1, 2022
Amidst the growing toll of deaths from drug overdoses in the UK, police in Scotland have announced they are to become the first in police force to routinely equip all operational police officers with the nasal spray, Naloxone. In a study of its use and effects, Naloxone was carried by over 600 Scottish officers during March and October last year. The study was overseen by Edinburgh University’s Scottish Institute for Police Research, and supported by the Chief Constable of Police Scotland, Iain
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“These Are the 3 Lawyers the Federal Circuit Chastised Last Week for Violating COVID Protocols”: Scott Graham of The National Law Journal has this report. Last Friday’s per curiam order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit did not identify the lawyers.
The Crime Report
MARCH 1, 2022
Carjacking has made an alarming resurgence during the past two years of the pandemic, with incidences numbering in the thousands in cities around the country, and officials say that the most troubling part of the trend is that many of the people charged with armed carjacking, or in some cases even murder, are children, some of whom are only 11 years old, reports the New York Times.
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“1st Circuit Judge Sandra Lynch to Take Senior Status; Lynch was appointed to the federal appeals court by former President Bill Clinton in 1995”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report. And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “ 1st Circuit’s first woman judge to retire from active service.
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Above The Law
MARCH 1, 2022
An unusual path, to say the least. The post From Lawyer To Comedian To Politician To War Hero appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“Fallout From Judges’ Financial Conflicts Spreads to Appeals Courts; Cases involving StarKist, Bank of America and Cisco are among those reviewed”: James V. Grimaldi, Joe Palazzolo, and Coulter Jones will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Broadcast Law Blog
MARCH 1, 2022
With global tensions obviously at an extremely high level, we thought that we would reprint an FCC warning that we noted in one of our weekly updates of FCC actions just a month ago – alerting companies in all sectors of the communications industry of the possible threat of Russian cyber-hacking and urging that all companies take steps to secure their networks and systems.
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“Asian-Americans Fight Back Against School Discrimination; From Harvard to a Virginia high school, courts take up racial preferences’ harm to this minority population”: Columnist Jason L. Riley will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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The Crime Report
MARCH 1, 2022
The Supreme Court case could soon grant federal law enforcement officers sweeping immunity from lawsuits alleging that they violated the Constitution — even when those officers target people who are entirely innocent, reports Vox. The ruling could come in the case of Robert Boule, the owner of a bed and breakfast along the border between Washington State and Canada, who has been charged for his alleged involvement in helping foreign nationals enter Canada illegally between April 2016 and Septe
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“KBJ, All the Way!” You can access yesterday’s episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast — hosted by law professors Melissa Murray , Kate Shaw , and Leah Litman , joined by their guest, law professor Lisa Fairfax — via this link. Now that this podcast has joined the Crooked Media empire, new episodes will be available via this link , and at least for now certain other locations where new episodes could be accessed appear to be no longer updating to includ
Above The Law
MARCH 1, 2022
Dissenting is going to become a huge part of her job. The post Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: The Great Dissenter? appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“C. Boyden Gray Center Adds Paul D. Clement, Steven A. Engel, and Donald F. McGahn II as Distinguished Practitioners in Residence”: The C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University issued this news release today.
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ABA Journal
MARCH 1, 2022
All eyes were on Cravath, Swaine & Moore after Davis Polk & Wardwell announced associate raises last week that set a new, higher standard.
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
“A New Supreme Court Case Could Make the Constitution Even More Optional For Immigration Officers; Egbert v. Boule gives the conservatives another chance to chip away at existing legal safeguards for violations of your rights”: Yvette Borja has this post at Balls and Strikes. And online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “ The Supreme Court could make it very easy for federal law enforcement to violate the Constitution; What’s the remedy if a federal official viola
The Crime Report
MARCH 1, 2022
The House has overwhelmingly approved the Emmett Till Antilynching Act , which would make lynching a federal hate crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison, reports the Washington Post. In a change from the 2020 measure, which ultimately went nowhere after it was held up by Sen. Rand Paul, who said that he feared the bill might “conflate lesser crimes with lynching” and that it would allow enhanced penalties for altercations that resulted in only “minor bruising,” the latest version includes
HowAppealing
MARCH 1, 2022
In today’s mail: I received an inscribed copy of law professor Richard L. Hasen ‘s new book, “ Cheap Speech: How Disinformation Poisons Our Politics — and How to Cure It.
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